APULEIUS'S DISCOURSE ON MAGIC

APOLOGIA, or, DE MAGIA:
Apuleius's Defence, or, A Discourse on Magic

The 'transcript' of Apuleius's law-suit being tried in Sabrata in 158, before Claudius Maximus, the proconsul of Africa.

**LATIN TEXT OF APOLOGIA ONLINE**

**ENGLISH TEXT OF APOLOGIA ONLINE**

Prof. O'Donnell's Apologia Page
very comprehensive site on Apuleius's Apologia

The Theatrics of Anger in Apuleius's Apologia
by James J. O'Donnell (Prof. of Classics, Uni. of Pennsylvania)

Apuleius, as an ass, disquiets all the company - illustration by Jean de Bosschère

I. Latin editions

Editors	Title	Date	Publisher	ABE	Amazon
Vincent Hunink	Apuleius of Madauros Pro Se De Magia : Text & Commentary	1997	Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1997	buy	buy

Latin Editions & Commentaries

II. English translations

Translator	Date	Publisher	In Print	Lang.	Illustrated	Illustrator	ABE	Alldirect	Amazon	Amazon-uk
anonymous¹	1853	London: George Bell & Sons (1902) [Bohn's Library]	N	Eng.	frontispiece	?	BUY	-	-	-
S.J. Harrison, J.L. Hilton, Vincent Hunink²	2001	Oxford: Oxford Uni. Press (2001)	Y	Eng.	?	?	BUY	-	BUY	BUY

Notes:
1 - The Bohn's Library edition includes the Golden Ass, The God of Socrates, The Florida, Apologia
2 - Title = Apuleius: Rhetorical Works; includes Apologia & Florida

References

Apuleius. The Golden Ass. translation, notes, preface by Jack Lindsay. illustrated by Percival Goodman. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932.
Apuleius. The Golden Ass. translation, notes, preface by P.G. Walsh. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999 (1994).
Apuleius. The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses. translation, notes, preface by E.J. Kenney. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998.
Apuleius. The Golden Asse. translation, notes by William Adlington. preface by E.B. Osborn. illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. London: Abbey Library, n.d. [c.1945]
Apuleius. The Transformations of Lucius, otherwise known as The Golden Ass. translation, notes by Robert Graves. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000 (1950). Apuleius. The Works of Apuleius, comprising The Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, The God of Socrates, The Florida and His Defence, or a Discourse on
Magic (a new translation); to which are added, A Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche and Mrs. Tighe's Psyche (a Poem in six Cantos). translation, notes,
preface by unknown. Bohn's Libraries. London: George Bell & Sons, 1902.